"There are currently two camps in Europe and one is headed by Macron," Orban said with Salvini at his side. "He is at the head of the political forces supporting immigration. On the other hand, we want to stop illegal immigration."

The French president was quick to fire back.

"I will give no ground to nationalists and those who spread words of hate. If they want to see me as their main opponent, they're right," Macron retorted on a trip to Copenhagen.

Wallström was not the only Swedish minister to jump into the fray. Speaking at a seminar in southern Sweden, Fritzon said Hungary needed to step up and take in refugees as part of the EU’s shared policy. Fritzon also reportedly said that she reminded her Hungarian counterpart about Sweden’s acceptance of Hungarian refugees in the 1950s.

“Margot Wallström claimed that Viktor Orbán and Matteo Salvini are fighting against the democrats, i.e. against democracy, which is a lie,” he continued. “Viktor Orbán and Matteo Salvini were very clear: they are fighting against illegal immigration.”

Szijjártó also took issue with Fritzon drawing a comparison between the Hungarian refugees of 1956 and today’s migration into Europe.

“In 1956, the Hungarian refugees waited in neighbouring countries for a state to receive them, while conforming to national and international law”, he said, going on to accuse Fritzon of “falsifying history”.

Szijjártó said that Trouvé will be asked to explain the comments of the Swedish ministers.